John Hewitt Jones

John is the managing editor of FedScoop, and was previously a reporter at Institutional Investor in New York City. He has a master’s degree in social policy from the London School of Economics and his writing has appeared in The Scotsman and The Sunday Times of London newspapers.

Articles by Author

The US Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP) (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

Maximus data breach may have exposed information of 612,000 Medicare recipients, CMS says

Cyber

Oak Ridge National Lab houses the world’s first and fastest exascale supercomputer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Frontier, or OLCF-5. (Image credit: Carlos Jones / ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy).

Energy Department awards $11.7M for quantum computing research projects

Emerging Tech

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 21, 2022: Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) listens as Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

FISMA reform bill advances in Senate

Modernization

Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) calls on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to use his position to influence the budget changes to make a better impact for farmers and ranchers. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

Senate lawmakers introduce bill to create review board for VA acquisitions

Acquisition

Department of Commerce in Washington — (Getty Images)

Commerce hires Jay Lewis from Microsoft to join CHIPS for America research office

Workforce

The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) building is seen on May 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. The HUD is one of at least four federal agencies that is closed today due to the automatic sequestration cuts forced government agencies giving employee’s an unpaid furlough. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Watchdog calls on HUD to improve data collection for assisted household accommodation requests

Policy

Leidos, RSA 2019 — (Scoop News Group photo)

ODNI awards Leidos $375M technology and analytical services contract

Acquisition

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

General Services Administration names 48 new US Digital Corps fellows

Workforce

Congress, U.S. Capitol Building, House, Senate — The dome of US Capitol is seen through a skylight from the Visitors Center on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate lawmakers propose $80M funding cut for US Digital Service

Policy